UK Baby Names

As always, that oy sound is problematic.

Other occupational names would be more commonly accepted, though the Mad Men character has certainly brought it to the fore.

Attractive placename/surname with a somewhat aristocratic feel.

Makes Ida more feminine but no more fashionable.

Here too lies the danger of entitlement.

Just the kind of old-fashioned nickname coming back into style.

Simple ancient name of a Celtic goddess, but her friends might sound like they were asking for more.

Lively, friendly surname that might appeal to basketball fans.

One of the rare English surname names originally derived from a female given name: Eoforhild (Everild), meaning "boar battle". Also spelled Averill, it's an extremely rare choice today, but shares sounds with fashionable Ava and Avery.

Historically interesting via the 1917 Balfour Declaration, which supported the creation of a Jewish state in Palestine.

Fresh choice in the vein of Carly and Harley.

Rekker comes to us thanks to actor Cam Gigandet, who gave his son this phonetic spelling of badass word name Wrecker. Use at your own peril.

A case in which the son is now more attractive than the father. There have been Colonial settlers surnamed Dennison on this side of the Atlantic since 1623.

Try telling the kids it really means "pretty face" and not "burper".

Surname choice that could be used to honor the playwright Lanford Wilson.

Brings Jennifer into the twenty-first century.

Cooper would be a more engaging C-starting occupational choice.

nature namesare in, and even fish names like Pike and Salmon are open for consideration.